To Buddha, everyone is Buddha; to the devil, everyone is devil.

Even if the Ksitigarbha Goddess has a city's worth of blood on her hands, she can still become a Buddha and be called one of the Twenty Gods.

Even Hades doesn't care about today's humans, because humans are not her people, and there are only a few of her people left.

Xia Dongqing's lips were dry, his face was pale, and even his T-shirt was half wet. He was lying on the ground, in a coma.

Until the moonlight fell on Xia Dongqing through the gaps between the wooden boards and the windows, his eyelids trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes, looking at the narrow walls around him with a confused look on his face.

"Why am I here?" Xia Dongqing covered his head with his hands.
Gradually I recalled that I had rushed to the college early in the morning to join a study group, but I didn't find anyone.

When I returned to the dormitory to look for someone, I found that everyone was dead. In panic, I met Sister Qin in the corridor.

Sister Qin is the dormitory manager of the graduate student dormitory. In Xia Dongqing's impression, she is a very gentle woman and very kind. Xia Dongqing respects her very much.

"Sister Qin lifted me up with one hand." Xia Dongqing swallowed and moved his hands to his neck and touched it randomly. That was his last memory.

When he woke up again, he was here. Xia Dongqing stood up and moved his limbs. He didn't know where he was, so he looked out the window through the gap in the wooden board.

There is obviously a tall building here, with reeds swaying outside and a lake in the distance reflecting the moonlight.

His cell phone and wallet had been taken away. Xia Dongqing started to push the door with hope. It was useless even if it was banging loudly and shouting.

When he was tired, Xia Dongqing stopped, panting, and sat down on the ground.

I'm not really anxious, I just feel a little panicked because I'm imprisoned in this strange place for no apparent reason.

Xia Dongqing is not stupid. As an orphan who was able to get into college and then graduate school, he actually knows everything.

Zhao Li, Ya, and Zheng Wenjie were so interested in him that they would never allow him to be in danger of his life.

Xia Dongqing knew very well that they had secrets of their own, but he didn't want to get to the bottom of it. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear it and that he would lose these friends.

He is not lonely or bored, and he is very satisfied with his current life from the bottom of his heart.

"squeak"

The door was slowly pushed open. Xia Dongqing opened his eyes wide and looked at the woman who appeared. He murmured, "Sister Qin, is it really you?"

No matter how much he had experienced, Xia Dongqing felt not only unbelievable, but also felt like his brother was suddenly driving a Land Rover when the dormitory manager he was familiar with suddenly became a stranger, with great strength enough to lift him up alone, and was taken to this inexplicable place and locked up.

Sister Qin smiled gently and said to Xia Dongqing: "Dongqing, it's me. I'm glad you've woken up. Come with me."

"Let's go? Sister Qin, where is this place?" Xia Dongqing stood up and looked at Sister Qin warily and asked.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, come with me." Sister Qin said, turned and left. Xia Dongqing didn't have time to think about it. He went to see whether it was a mule or a horse.

"The one lying there is my sister."

Xia Dongqing looked around. This room was obviously where Sister Qin usually stayed besides staying in the dormitory manager's duty room. The bed in the inner room was covered with a silk curtain.

But Xia Dongqing still vaguely saw that face which was exactly the same as Sister Qin's.

"It's been a long time since someone had a meal with me or talked with me. You should try it soon." Sister Qin pushed the bowl of noodles on the table.

"Is this Yang Chun's face?" Xia Dongqing glanced at Sister Qin's hand. The hand was slender and straight, long and white, and the light blue veins could be clearly seen through the skin.

The hands of Aunt Qin, the dormitory manager, were completely different from those in Xia Dongqing's memory.

"A handful of thin noodles, half a bowl of soup, a cup of water, five cents of lard, a spoonful of soy sauce from Qiaotou Lao Chen's, and two sweet and crispy little cabbages."

"Don't you want to eat?" Xia Dongqing asked hesitantly while holding chopsticks.

"I have no appetite, I just want to talk to someone. If you want, I can tell you slowly."

Xia Dongqing heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and looked at the photos on the wall opposite, each one older than the last. Without exception, they were all of Sister Qin herself.

"That's me. I've lived a very long time, longer than many people."

"You...you are not human?"

As soon as Xia Dongqing said this, he began to regret it in his heart. He was afraid of angering Sister Qin. Then he saw Sister Qin shudder, her tone began to rise, and she firmly denied it: "No! Of course I am a human."

As soon as she finished speaking, Sister Qin seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes became dim and dull: "Or, I was once a person too."

"My sister Wanqin and I were born together and were sold to a brothel together when we were young, but our fates were different."

Xia Dongqing's heart moved, knowing that Sister Qin wanted to tell her what happened to them.

"She has a special charm, like ointment, exuding the smell of fat, but she doesn't look down on anyone."

"Until one day, a man came to the brothel. At that moment, the whole brothel turned black and white in her eyes. Only the man radiated brilliance in her eyes."

Sister Qin giggled and said, "To be honest, we were sold to a brothel when we were young, but this is our fate, there is no chance of saving it."

"But ever since we were old enough to understand, we have been praying to the Buddha and Bodhisattva for blessings every day. We pray and burn incense on the first and fifteenth day of every month, hoping that we can meet a sweetheart and leave the prostitution world before we are old and ugly."

Sister Qin looked up at Xia Dongqing and said, "My sister met him, and that man also loved my sister. That year was the Xinhai Year, and the Jupiter was in power, which meant chaos in the world."

"People's hearts are in turmoil, and signs of chaos are showing." Sister Qin sighed and continued.

"The common people were having a hard time, but the brothel was doing a booming business with regular and new customers. The man my sister loved only came a few times and spent all his money."

"He had no other options and couldn't bear to part with his sister, so he redeemed her from the brothel."

"Doesn't he have no money? Since the business is so good, the price for redeeming his body should be very high." Xia Dongqing listened carefully.

Sister Qin's expression remained unchanged. She just sighed and said, "Yes, that man has no money."

"At that time, there were reforms everywhere, and he was one of them. He was also a core figure who kept the organization's money. He used public funds."

"He redeemed my sister, took her out of the city, and found a secluded town. He lived a peaceful life for a few days, but he was still found."

"My sister sold all her personal silver and gold and silver jewelry and exchanged them for a small box of yellow croaker."

Xia Dongqing clenched his fists, feeling very upset. What was the money used for and what did he do with it?

Sister Qin's eyes were blurry. She turned back unconsciously to look at the woman sleeping peacefully on the bed and continued, "This small box of small yellow croaker is not enough. It's a drop in the bucket. He knew that he was in great danger."

"At this time, his life was at stake. He threw all the reforms, fate, and future behind his mind. He just wanted to be with his sister forever. This life was not enough. He wanted to be with her for all his lives." "So... they used the box of gold to find a man on the black market."

"No one knows where he came from. Legend has it that he is immortal and has eternal life. If you give him enough money... he can also make you immortal."

"In that era, everyone tried their best to survive, even though it would be humiliating to live."

Xia Dongqing wanted to open his mouth to refute, but Sister Qin had just come to the key point, and he had not yet forgotten the feeling of Sister Qin lifting him up with one hand in the dormitory building, so he could only complain in his heart.

Even if life is humiliating, he will fight for his life to survive, and use the organization's funds to redeem women in brothels, and now he is still making excuses for himself.

Since they have lived from the Xinhai Revolution to the present day, everything they have experienced has not allowed them to open their eyes. They still deceive themselves and believe that they did what they did because they were forced to do so.

"They used the box of gold to exchange for two pieces of meat." Having said this, Sister Qin stopped talking absentmindedly.

Xia Dongqing frowned in confusion: "Two pieces of meat? What kind of meat is that?"

Sister Qin slowly turned her head and looked at Xia Dongqing: "Feng... is also called Tai Sui. Tai Sui is an evil star. Legend has it that this planet will bring disasters, and it is this Tai Sui."

"Wherever this evil star passes, a flesh-like object will appear in the ground at its location. It is the incarnation of Tai Sui on earth."

"In the human world, Tai Sui is just a big piece of meat, without a mouth or eyes, but it is alive and well."

Xia Dongqing listened, staring at Sister Qin intently, his Adam's apple moving involuntarily with nervousness.

"Taisui meat is a magical medicine that can make people immortal if eaten."

In the villa.

Ya glared at Zhao Li in frustration, who could clearly find Xia Dongqing's location but did not take any action and said nothing.

"Brother Jie! Look at Zhao Li. Now Dong Qing has been kidnapped by someone, but he is not worried at all. I have even visited Dong Qing's academy, but I still don't have any clues."

Zhao Li's face was calm, with an inexplicable thoughtful look in his eyes. He slowly said, "I think I know who kidnapped Dong Qing. I think I know who the murderer who came back to life on the train was, and I know who it is."

"Then tell me quickly! Dongqing has been missing for a long time, and you are still thinking about it. What is there to think about? Tell me where Dongqing is, I want to save him!"

"Okay, Aba Aba, now that you've turned into a human, can you please change back to your chirping mouth? Xia Dongqing won't be in danger, at most he'll lose one day of life." Zhao Li said impatiently.

"You! Zhao Li!" Ya gritted her teeth and stared at Zhao Li in helplessness and fury.

Zheng Wenjie looked at Zhao Li thoughtfully: "Can you tell me what's going on?"

Zhao Li looked at Zheng Wenjie's expression, pursed his lips and spoke slowly.

"In the early nineteenth century, I got a good thing, Feng, the meat of the Tai Sui that can make people immortal when eaten."

"Wow, you can even get this Tai Sui, you're so awesome, Zhao Li." Ya looked at Zhao Li in surprise.

Zhao Li laughed, shook his head and continued, "During the war, Tai Sui naturally appeared in the world, and by chance it fell into my hands."

Ya paced back and forth, clapped her hands, looked at Zhao Li and said, "I know that eating Tai Sui meat can indeed make you immortal, but it also has side effects, and each person's side effects are different."

"You mean to say that the person who captured Dong Qing was the one who ate the Tai Sui meat, and the one who absorbed the lifespan was also this person, and it was you, Zhao Li, who gave them the Tai Sui meat."

"But that's not right." Ya tilted her head and asked, "If you eat Tai Sui meat, you will naturally be immortal. How can you take away the life span of humans?"

"Because of beauty."

"Beauty?"

Zhao Li nodded: "Her name is Wanqin. After eating the Tai Sui meat, she did become immortal, but the side effect is that she must absorb the lifespan of humans to maintain her appearance."

"Otherwise all the moisture in her body will dry up and she will become a mummy. I noticed her. She has been walking all the time. She has gone through the whole world and walked for a full hundred years."

"So Dongqing will at most lose one day of life? That's not bad, not bad." Ya patted her chest, sat down on the sofa, and looked at Zhao Li with squinted eyes.

"But, Zhao Li, I have to criticize you. As a ferryman of the underworld, why do you still interfere in the human world and even distribute the Tai Sui meat to ordinary people?"

Ya curled her lips in disdain: "It seems that Hades treats you very well. You are all doing things under her nose. If Queen Mother of the West was Hades, she would have dragged you to the Immortal Execution Platform long ago."

"It would be great if Cha Cha was the Queen Mother of the West. I wouldn't be so afraid to even go back to Kunlun."

As soon as Ya finished speaking, she covered her mouth, but what she said still made Zhao Li and Zheng Wenjie look over.

Ya laughed hastily and asked Zhao Li, "You gave this Tai Sui meat called Wan Qin. Is it related to her? An old lover?"

"I met Wanqin in a Yangchun noodle shop. That night, I was in a good mood because of the people in the noodle shop, so I told them that I had Tai Sui meat."

"At that time, I asked Wanqin if she wanted to be immortal. She said that her wish in this life had been fulfilled, and her heart had long been as peaceful as water. She no longer wanted anything."

"In just seven months, she found me with her lover and exchanged eight small gold bars for three pieces of Tai Sui meat." Zhao Li said playfully.

Ya curled her lips and looked at Zhao Li with disdain: "For ordinary people, life is all about illusions and reality. In the end, it's just a pile of dirt. Only those who are easily satisfied can live happily, but as long as you are a human, you will have desires."

"Desire is endless. You, Zhao Li, spread the news that you have Tai Sui meat. Isn't it obvious that you want to seduce Wan Qin to eat Tai Sui meat? And her lover must have eaten it too."

"You are talking now as if you are just a bystander. In the end, there are traces of your manipulation. You didn't take us to find Xia Dongqing this time. I think you didn't want to hurt the person who ate your Tai Sui meat."

Ya stroked her chin and continued to analyze: "You, Zhao Li, must have some conspiracy that relies on this Wanqin."

"Hehe, you bird, you have become smart today." Zhao Li did not deny it and admitted it frankly.

"But after the lovers ate the Tai Sui meat... it really made me feel uncomfortable."

"Side effects?" Ya asked.

"The man turned into a woman, and when the woman found out, she was so frightened that she ran away. Then she realized that she could only maintain her appearance by sucking the lifespan of humans."

Zheng Wenjie recalled: "In the end, the woman was tired and came back. They met again after a hundred years of separation."

Zhao Li sat up straight and looked at Zheng Wenjie: "Ajie, you know everything?"

"Yes, and when I informed Murong, he had already found the clue himself."

Ya was surprised. The person she trusted was Zheng Wenjie instead of Murong. Since Zheng Wenjie said that he had sent Murong, then everything would be fine.

"As expected of a veteran ferryman who has been in business for over a thousand years like Zhao Li, since Murong has gone to save Dongqing, we can rest assured." (End of this chapter)